Associations to the word «Echoic»

Wiktionary

ECHOIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to an echo
ECHOIC, adjective. Imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic.
ECHOIC MEMORY, noun. (psychology) A type of sensory memory that briefly holds audio information for about 4 seconds.

Dictionary definition

ECHOIC, adjective. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer.
ECHOIC, adjective. Like or characteristic of an echo.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin